From the corner of my eye, I saw another person running across the parking lot toward the door.
Fear instantly shot through me.
Was this one of Varek’s enforcers rushing in to help him?
Then the door flew open, and Jaxon came rushing inside.
Both Orion and Kael froze when they saw him.
Varek, still wearing that fake, crocodile-like smile, looked Jaxon over with interest.
“Well, who do we have here?” Varek said with a wink. “Jaxonon Monroe, right? Orion’s right-hand man?”
Jaxon shot him a disgusted look and quickly crossed the room to Orion.
“You said you’d be here,” he said before leaning close and whispering something in Orion’s ear.
“Now, now,” Varek said, waving a hand toward the confused customers around the diner. “Speak up so everyone can hear.”
Whatever Jaxon told him seem
